Wow, did I ever detest this movie. I shut it off after an hour and can't find anything good to say about it.
Now we're glorifying pimps It's incredibly offensive to me that the song "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" won an academy award. (worst of all, I can't get the stupid hook out of my head). We're supposed to feel bad for how hard this guy's life is? I could feel bad for him if he was the one having to sell his body day after day but I really can't get much sympathy going for a pimp. How about, "It's hard out here for a child molester." Does that grab you?
It's hard enough out 'here' for a law-abiding, gainfully employed black man how about showing THAT in the movies. Instead of the same representation black men get over and over pimps, drug dealers, addicts (or the 'success' stories: rappers and athletes).
Even though the movie doesn't show him beating on his 'employees,' you know that he must the women are clearly scared of him and his first song is entitled, 'Whoop that Trick' (toned down from his original title, 'Beat that Bitch'). And no, I don't believe he's referring to beating up a customer (which is not really too common). Some statistics: "80% of prostitutes are sexually assaulted by pimps via sadistic sex; 71% of pimps use drugs to control the women; and 34% of the women received death threats from pimps personally or to their family." - from "Sex Trafficking In the United States, Coalition Against Trafficking of Women Study," Raymond, Hughes, Gomez (3/01)
The women are all incredibly superficial characters (the weepy, weak-willed caregiver; the dumb but docile white girl; and the bitch).
And Djay's dream of being a rapper. I'm sorry - just because he has something he needs to 'spit out' doesn't mean it's something worth listening to.
Now we're glorifying pimps It's incredibly offensive to me that the song "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" won an academy award. (worst of all, I can't get the stupid hook out of my head). We're supposed to feel bad for how hard this guy's life is? I could feel bad for him if he was the one having to sell his body day after day but I really can't get much sympathy going for a pimp. How about, "It's hard out here for a child molester." Does that grab you?
It's hard enough out 'here' for a law-abiding, gainfully employed black man how about showing THAT in the movies. Instead of the same representation black men get over and over pimps, drug dealers, addicts (or the 'success' stories: rappers and athletes).
Even though the movie doesn't show him beating on his 'employees,' you know that he must the women are clearly scared of him and his first song is entitled, 'Whoop that Trick' (toned down from his original title, 'Beat that Bitch'). And no, I don't believe he's referring to beating up a customer (which is not really too common). Some statistics: "80% of prostitutes are sexually assaulted by pimps via sadistic sex; 71% of pimps use drugs to control the women; and 34% of the women received death threats from pimps personally or to their family." - from "Sex Trafficking In the United States, Coalition Against Trafficking of Women Study," Raymond, Hughes, Gomez (3/01)
The women are all incredibly superficial characters (the weepy, weak-willed caregiver; the dumb but docile white girl; and the bitch).
And Djay's dream of being a rapper. I'm sorry - just because he has something he needs to 'spit out' doesn't mean it's something worth listening to.
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